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Episode 0557

11/5/2026 – e-MOTION-al – Episode 0557

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: 2026 Season 4 Patch 2 Release Notes, is sim racing worth it?, Black Friday deals already?, is the active pedal mania real?, is there a correct FOV?, a Premier Racing Setups announcement, AJ Stevens joins the lounge and if you are on our Discord, you know what Mike is going to talk about!

And remember you can follow along with us on your PC or mobile device in real time as you listen to the show and see for yourself all of the great topics and products we’ll discuss by visiting iracerslounge.com and selecting show notes. Hope to see you there..

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Special Guest

AJ Stevens With Premiere Racing Setups

Topics

Lap One, Really?

RV Rig

For Our Canadian Listeners

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/101641/iracing-does-not-support-the-new-alberta-timezone-abt

10 Things I Wish I Knew

It’s Called Netcode

Absolutely!

2026 Season 4 Patch 2 Release Notes

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/101674/2026-season-4-patch-2-release-notes-2026-11-02-01

PRS X Garage 61

When?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/101728/future-dodge-ideas

Black Friday Sale

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/101701/iracing-renewal-sale

Homestead Championship

Winter NASCAR iRacing Series

https://www.iracing.com/winter-nascar-iracing-series-to-include-gen-4-cup-in-2026-27-season

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-november-3rd-to-november-9th-2026

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Hardware/Software

Brought To You By

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Chad McNeese’s Ultimate Hardware Spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i08zKjBSmSn5G_mCc9cHx07w7XLo03sfoytpVJkqbYk/edit?usp=sharing

Boosted Media – Black Friday Deals

https://boostedmedia.net/sim-racing/sim-racing-black-friday-deals/

Can You Hear It?

FOV Done Right

Half The Price

Vrig Sim

https://www.instagram.com/reels/De1nkDCDNVE

Simucube Active Pedal Sport

Tell Us About It Mike

New Name, Same Hardware

Simagic P-Active First Impressions

Here is a detailed summary of the video “Simagic P-Active Pedal Unboxing & First

GTSL Now Available In The USA

Vero Motion Long Term Review

2:37].

Nvidia Doing Nvidia Things

Buyer’s Remorse?

Arche By Solpec

https://www.instagram.com/reels/DfLLtLotDul

Pro Switch Panel

https://www.precisionsimengineering.com/shop-online/pro-switch-panel

We Have Lift Off

Everything Else Feels Cheap

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Martinsville

Mike- P wrecked out. I was doing pretty good until there was a big wreck near Pete. I was able to sneak by, but I think the pace car was coming out at the same instant and I got by it and didn’t realize it and ended up with a 42nd hold penalty under a green lost three laps and rode around for a while, but eventually got destroyed and just parked it
David – P4, stayed in the back for 200 laps, worked my way up. Managed to only get 8x and drove up to 4th.

Sunday Open- NiS – Martinsville

David – P16, top split, started in pack until first 4x, then stayed in back to about 80 to go. We actually only had 19 cautions in this one, and was top split.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Homestead

Mike- P 7 started first. First race on motion. Add some laps early, but then had some problems. Got in a couple wrecks. One was my doing. I had 7 and a half minutes damage. Decided to get it repaired on all the different cautions. Eventually all repaired to laps down. I get two lucky dogs in a row back to the lead lap, drove as high as third, but then the car got tight, faded back to finish P seven. Will take it
Kyle – P wrecked out
David – P16, should have had a top 10, good long run speed, but late caution then caught up in someones mess, then had someone who never hold his line come across my nose.

Thursday Open -NiS – Homestead

Tony – P16 started out ok than was clipped while driving past a wreck killing my right front. Had a hard time driving it. Almost gave up and was even 4 laps down at 1 point trying to fix the 7 minutes optional. I got it all fixed and also back on the lead lap and high as 3rd. With about 40 to go had 2 assholes feuding for a spot wreck and killed me again with 5 minutes optional.
David – P3, robbed by the cautions. Sitting 1 pit stop from the end, running 1st for quite a while, setup for long runs, caution comes out with 100 to go. Then the way the fall I end up loosing track position to guys to stayed out. Final Yellow 50 to go i speed, fell all the way to the back including wave by cars, 21st on the board, Drove hard back up to 3rd, but had to much to make up to catch 1st.

Official Series

IMSA

David – P1 again, 2 in a row at Le Mans

The Catterham 420 R cup

Mike – P DNF Oschersleben. Started eight out of 15 and top split got my way to P5 by the end of lap one, eventually to P3, and then the guy behind me attempted a pass. I left him a lane and a half on the inside, yet he came up and took me out anyway. DNF

BMW M2 cup at summit Point Raceway

Ellis – P DNF qualified seventh out of 11. Got up to P3, but then hit the curb wrong and stuffed it in the wall DNF

Formula VEe

Mike. Tsukuba. Qualified 8 out of 11. Got the P5, but then got wrecked out because I couldn’t shift the thing and got ran over
- Then auto blip back on qualified pole position out of nine. Call the second and then third with side by side through the long sweeper and basically ran me off the road, and I wrecked real hard. DNF

Formula 1600.

Mike – P 1 tsukuba- started fourth out of 11, eventually took the lead, winner, winner, chicken dinner, beat the field by over six seconds.
- And started third out of 11. Quickly got the second, but then about a lap later got ran over from behind and dumped into the wall. DNF

F-4 Fixed.

Mike – P DNF at Monza qualified 13th out of 24. Got up to eight, fell back to 15, drove it back up to ninth, and then wrecked out with a ton of incidents Dnf

NASCAR Tour modified at Southern National qualified 10th out of 14

Ellis- P wrecked out with five to go, lost laps, but got two lucky dogs was running fifth when a lapper wanted to race me and the guy in front of me and rest us up and I knocked the right front off. BNF

Draft master

Mike – P DNF Gen4 grand national. had a good run going in the pack up until 2 to go, and then the entire pack wrecked DNF. Pretty fun racing this car. It’s hold the breakdown to not run into the guy in front of you while keeping the gas down 100% to keep the revs up

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing

GTP/GT3 League – Motegi Sprint Race

William W – P5 – I’ve raced here a few times but definitely need more laps to have true pace. Didn’t do well in quali, but made a couple passes. Got up to 5th with about 15 min remaining and set to running Weaver down. Made it to his bumper but traffic kept it from being a fight. I’ll take a 5th with as poorly as I’ve been driving.
Brad W – P12 Started towards the rear because I suck at qualifying. Avoided some early spinners but had a great battle towards the end. League racing is so much better than Officials at times.

Elbows Out Racing League (LMP2 and GT3 Wednesday Nights)

William- P15 (P7) – This was disappointing as I normally have pace here, but my lack of time on the sim lately is really showing. Got on an hour early to practice but still lacked pace. I was massively overdriving the car. Started P12, got bumped off the track in T1 and lost 3 spots. Made a couple passes but was still 10th or so about 20 min in. Pit early to make a wing change because I loaded the safe setup and was getting walked on the straights. About halfway through the race I finally figured out what I was doing so wrong driving, stopped overdriving the car, and was the fastest car on the track for the 2nd half of the race, but the hole was too much to get too far forward. I was catching 6th place who had dumped me earlier in the race on the last lap. Spun the car in the last turn trying to get around him after he parked the apex. Went across the pit entry line and got a black flag.
Brad – P6 (Mexico City) I hate this place. Had an early spin through the esses. I think this is one of the worst tracks for multi-class racing. The min speed is so close in the corners regardless of classes. First time racing with this league and boy are these guys fast.

Hosted-

Ellis – P Pick up car at Charlotte. Finish P5
- Then, first time in motion, qualified eighth, finish P2

Final Thoughts

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October 30, 2026October 30, 2026

Episode 0556

10/29/2026 – Non-Special Events – Episode 0556

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: feel like you are getting worse?, why Mike does not practice, new PXN wheel bases and product lines from Qubic Systems, see what you should be racing, where in the world is iRacing and will scent simulation be the big surprise of 2027?

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Topics

Where On Earth Is iRacing?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/101200/where-on-earth-is-iracing-mapping-all-tracks-2026-version

Need

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/101376/created-the-perfect-t-shirt-for-family-outings

Am I Getting Worse?

$10,000 To Win

Chase Your Ghost

New Dark Horse Coming

Is That Mike?

Porsche E-Sports Champion

Huh?

Nords In VR!

Mike Explained

Esports Global Rally Tour

What You Should Be Racing

Got Enough To Spare?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/101335/new-ui-using-over-1-2-gb-of-ram

Vacation Time

https://www.facebook.com/groups/258981315367421/permalink/1816649446267259/?mibextid=wwXIfr&rdid=Eut2pxKRaj5RZvo5#

FF1600 Festival

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/101413/2026-iracing-ff1600-festival-presented-by-conspit

Homestead Championship

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-october-27th-to-november-2nd-2026/

Podcast Housekeeping

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Hardware/Software

Brought To You By

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Chad McNeese’s Ultimate Hardware Spreadsheet

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1i08zKjBSmSn5G_mCc9cHx07w7XLo03sfoytpVJkqbYk/edit?usp=sharing

Aston Martin By Simagic

Sim Racing Wheel Base Dyno

How Much?

https://www.instagram.com/p/DeZ9hZTJlDA/?srtk=MWJvMmEya2RrMmRnNw%3D%3D

Incredible Value

PXN S Series Wheel Base

Best Sim Rig?

Soelpec – Simucube

Corsair Xenon

Vega By Cube Controls

New From Qubic

Asetek At The Sim Racing Expo

Can You Smell That?

https://zestum.tech/scentbar/

SMH

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Talladega

Mike- P1 winner, winner, chicken dinner, led to most laps, came from the back to the front at least once, and nobody had nothing for me at the end. I was in command and took it. After the race, I was thinking back at the final lap where I was completely focused on the rear view mirror and not looking ahead at all, looking ahead was the peripheral vision, and I was gonna block the high hell to win that race. There was no way they were getting by me, but they never even attempted it, I was not to be denied after wrecking out all week
David – P31 something?
Bobby – P4-
Brad- P Second verse is no different than the first. Got to the lead at one point, but wrecked out near the end to finish in the 20s.
Tom – P9 Ran out of fuel coming to the line. Lost 3 spots
Kyle – P4 Started P3 and had a strong car and got to the lead on lap 2. After falling back got caught up in a wreck with little damage. Got it fixed and marched my way up from P27. Late in the race got back to the lead and after 2 GWC I got moved and half spun from the lead out of 4 and ended with a P4.
John – P2

Sunday Open- NiS – Talladega

Bobby -wrecked out
Tom – P9 Went the first 69 laps green flag. Than the normal no more give leads to a few cautions. Started 21st on a natural GWC. Worked back to 9th
Kyle – P4 Started P3 and had a strong car and got to the lead on lap 2. After falling back got caught up in a wreck with little damage. Got it fixed and marched my way up from P27. Late in the race got back to the lead and after 2 GWC I got moved and half spun from the lead out of 4 and ended with a P4.
Chris – P

Wednesday Open -NiS – Martinsville

Mike- P 3/. Had a fast car, ran in the top five most of the day, but made my fair share of mistakes. Spun a couple times on my own, slammed the wall. I had a minute and a half damage. I had a pass-through penalty at one point, but there were so many cars down the app, we were able to stay in the top 10 and just kind of work our way forward. I had nothing for the leaders there at the end though, so we will take a nice podium finish P3
David – P22 even running in the back for the first half, kept getting caught in shit like a back marker spinning off the curb right in front of me. Got dumped near the end as well and on the white flag got 20x even though i avoid the wreck someone behind me didn’t get stopped and tagged me enough to transfer the 4x, 30 cautions, i shouldn’t be surprised but its disgusting how people drive here

Thursday Open -NiS – Martinsville

Tony – P4 I survived the 30 cautions
Think our longest run was 14 laps. Marty is not that complicated. Drive brake turn and repeat. Stop ass packing the car in front of ya
David – P14 top split, staying behind the field for 200 laps, kept at 0x, 26 cautions this time. As soon as I start getting in front of the pack the spins keep happening right in front of me. By then end 16x but p14 just bulldozed through the last wreck after slowing down.

Official Series

IMSA

David – p1, stared in dry, ran the last three laps in the wet and held of a late challenge. More to say about the practice system now

Skip Barbara, racing school

Mike – P4 at okayyama. Qualified six out of eight. Got to third by the end of lap one, but finish P4 about what I deserved. P5 was coming hard and I was able to hold them off

Ring Meister

Mike- P skip Barbar. Start a 20- second out of 29 got up to ninth pretty quick, but then misjudged the corner and killed the car. DNF
- Then started first and kept the lead basically me and another guy broke away from the field, and I could not shake him. He was with me for the last half and a half right behind me. Sometimes he would get by, but I would aggressively take it back, and I blocked like a bitch at the end and won the race winner winner chicken dinner number 167, I believe

Formula VEe

Mike – P3 Tsukuba. Started ninth out of 11 got the third by the end of lap one, as high as P2, but finished P3. Had a guy trying to get around me into a tight turn. I blocked down towards the inside. He shoved it in there anyway and completely missed the corner and killed the wall as I drove on by. Funny as heck.

Caterham 420 r. cup

Mike- P 5 Oschersleben. Started dead last P10 finish P5, a great race running two or three guys, super close racing, lots of fun

Draft master

Mike– Gen 4. Qualified sixth out of 21 leader got turned with four to go and wiped out the entire pack. DNF.

Track day

Mike- P18 Oscherleben- caterum… started dead last out of 35 from the pit, work my way up to finish 18th overall, third in class
- Started third, racked out.

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing

GTP/GT3 League – Barcelona Sprint Race

Brad W – P14 Started deep in the field after only getting 1 out of 4 clean laps in qualifying. Tried to avoid the chaos but was collected early on. This track leads to aggressive overtakes and many did not end well. This may only be the 4th race I have ever run here. Just need to spend more time in the sports cars to find more speed.

Hosted-

Ellis – P started 14th out of 30 at Phoenix, pick up cup

Final Thoughts

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Donnie Spiker – https://www.instagram.com/spikerman19/

Brad Wrenn – https://x.com/bradwrenn

John Kerley – https://x.com/KerleyJohnE

Justin Pearson – https://www.facebook.com/justin.pearson.5811

Bobby Jonas – https://x.com/bjonas71

William Westbrook – https://www.facebook.com/william.westbrook.35

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October 23, 2026October 23, 2026

Episode 0555

10/22/2026 – Destroyed While Leading – Episode 0555

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: another iTested event, more red flag weather?, new hardware from Simagic, Cube Controls and GSI, what motion can’t replace, what programs are FPS thieves?, MOZA AI and Derrick Watson from Green Flag TV joins the lounge.

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Topics

AI Painted My Car

iTested Series

That’s A SR Hit

Long Beach IMSA Hack

MOZA AI

Not When I Was I High School

Expo Dates

Just Stop

Red Flag Conditions

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/101285/why-is-it-even-possible-to-have-a-flooded-track-official-race-session

A Daughter’s Search

Hi!

My name is Erin, and I’m hoping you might be able to help me get in touch with Tom Dreiling or someone who remembers the early days of SIM500.

I recently came across your podcast’s reference to Tom winning a SIM500 race at Bristol in August 2006, and it immediately caught my attention.

My father, Brian Cogan, operated an online racing platform called SIM500 around that time. His username was MISC, short for Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, where we lived.

My dad was an incredibly intelligent, creative man who loved computers, programming, and building things. SIM500 was one of his many projects, and I remember how much he loved it. He organized races, qualifying events, and competitions with cash prizes. I also remember Dale Earnhardt Jr. being so impressed with the platform that he offered an endorsement.

Unfortunately, my younger brother became seriously ill, and my father had to step away from SIM500 to take care of him. During that time, some things happened with the person he’d entrusted to manage it, and my dad was never really able to get the platform back to what it had been.

My father passed away years ago, and I recently found myself telling stories about his incredible mind and the things he created. That led me to look up SIM500, and I was genuinely surprised and thrilled to discover that a racing league with the same name is still active!

I want to make something very clear: I’m not reaching out because I’m seeking ownership, money, or anything financial related to my father’s involvement. I have absolutely no interest in interfering with what anyone has built or accomplished since then.

I’m simply a daughter who misses her dad, remembers how much he loved something he helped create, and is incredibly happy to see that it may still be part of people’s lives.

I’d love to learn more about SIM500’s history, whether the current league is connected to the one my father ran, and whether anyone remembers Brian Cogan or MISC.

If you could pass this along to Tom or anyone familiar with that era, I would be so grateful.

Thank you so much for your time, and for helping keep this part of online racing history alive!

Erin

Crime Stoppers

Could 2027 Be The End?

FF1600 Festival

Homestead Championship

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-october-20th-to-october-26th-2026

Podcast Housekeeping

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Hardware/Software

Brought To You By

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Chad McNeese’s Ultimate Hardware Spreadsheet

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New Release From GSI

Simagic Global Launch

Qubic At Sim Racing Expo

MOZA Ford GTD

Ascher Aura GT

What Can’t Be Replicated

FPS Thieves

Understanding The Brake

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Phoenix

Mike- P recked out.

Sunday Open- NiS – Phoenix

Tony – P9 im not a fan of phoenix and just survived

Wednesday Open -NiS – Talladega

Mike- P wrecked out while leading. I was first on the inside, two guys on the outside were pushing hard. They were gonna get by me. They thought they were clear and both came down, and the guy wasn’t clear at all and basically wrecked the entire field.DNF.
Bobby – P worked out early
Chris – P8 Had a shot late but bad bump got me loose. Went from P3 to P11. Was able to rebound on a GWC for a P8. Hit the 4300 iR mark. A career high.
David – P5 Speeding on Green Flag stop, the wreck that takes Brad out gives me lucky dog. I make it up to the front, survived a couple of 4 wides and was pushing the inside at the end.
Brad- P 29 I started p5 but would make a mistake on lap two and drift up just a little in T1 and collect the car on the outside. Pretty embarrassing to be honest. Was never able to get the damage fixed but we would run the next 70 laps under green until a car about four ahead of me got turned and when he came back up the track, I was there to keep him from hitting the wall. Not sure if my SR will ever get back above 3.0.
Adam- P 2 got to the lead on the white was blocking bottom and top, but they tried to go around him on the outside and ended up P2
John – P wrecked early. Started on the pole. Leading on lap 4 when the outside lane made a move. First two cars came down and got in front of me clean, the third guy in line, not so clean. Came down before he was clear and destroyed my car.

Thursday Open -NiS – Talladega

Tony – P1 Tonydega is back. New work schedule has Thursday afternoon as my only nis start time for rest of the season. I just survived and had the goal of just surviving. Gwc started 7th and some how on the white the leader wrecked and ths seas parted for me and pulled the Alex Bowman backing into a win card. Thank you Premier for a fun fast set. She wanted to go but lack of sleep and the will to survive said nope wait til the end… also had a 70 lap run believe it with 2 green flag stops well i had 1 hahaha

Official Series

Formula 1600

Mike – P7 At Winton. Qualified seventh out of 11 got wrecked, not on my own, from a guy in front of me. Couldn’t miss it. Had to go into the pits and take a fast repair. I then just drove it around and brought it home P7

Ring Meister

Mike- P. Street stock started second, was running third, but wrecked out about halfway on my own. I suck.
- Then GT3 started 29 out of 30. I had a curb right away and destroyed the car. DNF
- Then started second, took the lead right away, got pressure from behind at some point in lap two, and basically ran over me going into a corner and dumped me into the wall. DNF

Gen four Grand National

Mike – P at Charlotte. Qualified eighth out of 21. I completely destroyed by lap five.
- Qualified 10th out of 18.

A Open

Chris W – P 1. Once I got into the final fuel window I went to the front. Started P5 on a GWC, after some bad moves from others it was down to me and the leader. Got on his quarter panel and side drafted. He put me in the wall but I won by an inch. Literally .000 of a second. Split #1 SOF 4391!
David – P1, Just and i worked together, he pushed me to the finish running one of his temps over 300
Mike. Dnf. Got the lead pretty quick. Led the most laps. Was in a really good spot. Had enough fuel to make it to the end plus more. was leading and basically got dunked from behind. Somebody not pushing me just right, and I got hooked down to the inside. destroyed while leading
- Scored pole position. It was going pretty good. Actually, got a penalty, was in the entire back, made my way back up to the front. I was a lead car on the outside. I see a guy on the inside about five back that can’t hold his lane, it keeps coming up into the upper lane. I even call him out on it before I get there, and as I get side by side with him, sure enough I see him starting to come up again. I go to move up and I actually lose control of my car and spin out and wreck. DNF, too much damage, we’re done.
John K. – P11. I was second in the bottom lane on the backstretch of the last lap, second lane was pretty high, so I moved into the new middle coming into the tri oval with the help of spotter Mike Ellis. Coming to the checker, I was ahead of all the cars until two of them hooked on my right side slamming one of them in to me sending me into a spin and punted me back to 11th.

Draft master

Mike– Gen 4. Qualified sixth out of 21 leader got turned with four to go and wiped out the entire pack. DNF.

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing

GTP/GT3 League – Montreal Sprint Race

Brad W – P10 Started deep in the field and worked my way towards the front. Really tricky track in multi-class racing. Feels like it is all chicanes. Hard to pass unless someone makes a mistake. Glad to finish one.

Final Thoughts

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October 16, 2026October 16, 2026

Episode 0554

10/15/2026 – Pedal Wars – Episode 0554

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: have the active pedal wars began?, iRacing graphic options quantified, motion in a suitcase?, is this another iRacing exploit?, eNASCAR has a three-time champ, Season 4 Easter Eggs, what is the most important upgrade? are you dealing with sim racing fatigue? and Rebecca Reigns enters the lounge at the Sim Gaming Expo.

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Special Guest

Rebecca Reigns

Topics

Justified?

Paint Of The Week

Blast Off

TiRST For iRacing

https://tirst.me

“Truck”Mans?

How Many?

Quantifying The Overhead Of Graphic Options

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/101103/quantifying-the-overheads-of-high-quality-trees

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/101212/quantifying -the-benefit-of-nvidia-smp

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/101142/quantifying-the-overheads-of-the-event-settings

More Immersion

https://www.facebook.com/reel/2167227774669395

Cheating Or Fair?

D.O.A.

Is AI Always The Answer?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100915/developers-safety-rating-system-is-a-disaster-ai-could-sort-out-points-and-whos-to-blame

Next Build Easter Eggs

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2DfqMphDBFwF2F6I8SthyK?si=RshDpRFHQia3e8I3nm-DiQ

Weather Changed?

eNASCAR Memories

Wilson Is A 3X Champion

https://www.iracing.com/steven-wilson-earns-third-career-enascar-coca-cola-iracing-championship-series-title-in-2026-campaign

Sim Racing Fatigue?

Indy 8 Hours

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/101105/2026-indy-8-hour-presented-by-pcs-by-thomas

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-october-13th-to-october-19th-2026

Podcast Housekeeping

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Hardware/Software

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Chad McNeese’s Ultimate Hardware Spreadsheet

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Simagic P-Active Pedal

Simucube Active Pedal Sport

Wheel Stand

Simgasm At SGE

In this video from The Simpit, host Sean interviews Johan, the founder of Simgasm, at the

Yes, In A Suitcase

Most Important Upgrade?

Small But Powerfull

Simrig Belt Module

Sim Lab + Vero Motion

Sim Lab DBX Dashboard Box

Bavarian Simtec And Simucube

RT4119 Simulator Seat

https://www.simrigs.com.au/products/rt4119-simulator-seat

Best Value

Ultra Wind RGB Elite

Parabellum

Gateway Drug?

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Charlotte

Brad- P12 Don’t remember a whole about the race.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Phoenix

Mike- P 11. Had a good run, got up to third, pitted under green. Caution came out, got a wave around. Worked my way back up to P2, restarted on the final restart third, went really low to try to go under the leader too low, and the car went sideways, and I lost all my spots. I suck P11
Justin- P running third on the final green white checker, they get to three wide off turn two. Justin’s on the inside of the three, the guy on the outside gets loose, loops it, and comes clear across and wipes out Justin.
Chris – P11
Brad- P20 Typical Phoenix, run at the front 90% of the race only to get destroyed in the last 10%. Just amazed at how many people continue to drive over their heads (skill level?). Feel bad for Justin as he had a win in sight only to get wrecked because someone ran out of talent. Can’t decide to either race again on Friday or paint a wall just to watch it dry. Even though I know which one would be more rewarding.

Official Series

Ring Meister

Mike- P street stock qualified 18th out of 25. Got completely wrecked out in turn three
- Send qualified third out of 29. Made many mistakes, lost the leaders, but still finished P3. Great run
- Then started fourth out of 30 top split. Got wrecked out, taken out basically, early in the race. DNF
- Ten qualified, fifth out of 25 top split. Wrecked out on my own
- started 1 out of 21. Wrecked out while leading, actually. Super frustrated. Haven’t been this frustrated in iRacing in a very long time

The Catterham 420 R cup

Mike – P qualified tenth out of 17 at Schniterton. Wracked out
- Then qualified eighth out of 27. Guy Robertson was in this race from the UK, who runs the loan iRacing podcast, which I was lucky enough to be a special guest on recently, and it was fun to race him finally on track for the first time he qualified fifth. Guy got wrecked out in the first couple laughs, and tough break for him. I made it clear up to second with three to go. I was side by side with a guy coming out of one, and he didn’t give me enough room, and I ran off and destroyed the car, DNF.

A Open

Brad W – P4 It was a lucky top 5 as I was able to avoid the final laps/restarts that ruin every race at this track.

Track day

Mike- P at rudskogen. Ran the qualifier and the caturum. I was the only car in the entire session so moved on to the race, obviously started from the pole against 36 other cars, but I was the only one in my class, so winner, winner, chicken dinner
- Same car started fifth against several others this time, spun it on lap one, and fell to the back, but stayed in it and ran a lot of fast laps and caught everybody and took the win, winner, winner, chicken dinner

League / Hosted Races

Hosted-

Ellis – P pick up cup at Daytona qualified eighth out of 29. Wrecked out from a guy that couldn’t hold a lane, I could call out over the radio, this guy is not holding the lane. He’s gonna wreck us all, and sure enough, that’s what happened.
- Ran it again, got quickly wrecked out again

Final Thoughts

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October 8, 2026October 9, 2026

Episode 0553

10/8/2026 – Placebo Effect – Episode 0553

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: Did the update nerf the smoke?, 5 things every iRacer should know, do Simucube and Moza feel the same?, what happened to the “Physics Islands”?, Daniel Newman Racing gone?, more Sim Gaming Expo follow up as Ning Li from Sim Sport Gadget joins the lounge.

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Special Guest

Ning Li From Sim Sport Gadget

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Topics

Less Smokey?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/847348#Comment_847348

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100985/2026-season-4-patch-1-release-notes-2026-10-01-01

An iRacing Favorite

WRC To The US

A Breath Of Fresh Air

Formula V Battle

Updated Tracks

How Close Is It?

DNR=Track32

NiS Woes

This Again…Really

FIA Partnership By The Numbers

Turn That Force Down

Race Cast

CORR Takes Over Firebird

No Improvements?

DIY In Frankfurt

A Ghost Town

PRS Merch

https://www.premierracingsetups.com/p/merch

Just 5 Things

Indy 8 Hours

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-october-6th-to-october-12th-2026

Podcast Housekeeping

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Hardware/Software

Brought To You By

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Chad McNeese’s Ultimate Hardware Spreadsheet

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Beyond Reality Sims

https://beyondrealitysims.com/

Optimus Is That You?

Same Feel?

Paying For A Name?

MOZA = Best Motion

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Las Vegas

Mike- P dnf. I had a fast car. I got a little bit of damage. Got that fixed. drove up through the field on a longer run through the middle from 28th to as high as seventh, and then I started spinning out left and right all over the place, and I actually parked it out of embarrassment because I couldn’t keep the car on the track
David – P 11, caught in lap 1 incident, then mid race had a car spin right in front me cause enough damage to slow the car down but no caution. Actually go through green flag stops with wounded car, comes out right as leader puts me a lap down. Finally get all damage fixed with 13 laps to go. Drive from 20th to 11th at the end. Survived a 4 wide that I probably force because i can stay in a lane when 4 wide.
Tony -P10 just survived barely with 16x ended up late getting caught and being wrecked in about every way.

Sunday Open- NiS – Las Vegas

David – P23 unable to avoid a wreck, never able to get damage fixed, caught up in a wreck in all 4 nis races this week
Tony – P8 track felt tighter than last 2 attempts no matter how i adjusted. Restarted 10th on gwc and made it through 1 wreck after the white and got clipped on the 2nd wreck but limped it home.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Charlotte

Mike- P wrecked out with 30 to go. Had a pretty good run going. Had a clean car. Just got tires. was trying to drive up through the middle. I clipped a guy on the outside a little bit and it caused a big wreck and too much damage. We’re done
Tony –P25 tried to stay away from the crap but was against the wall when 2 cars sent it 3 wide and middle car killed me
David – P wrecked cause a guy i should have just wrecked anyway forced the middle of a 3 wide across my nose.
Brad- P 24 What a horrible race. Started p14 and drove up to p6 by lap 30. We have our first yellow and then drive up tp p4 before the two leaders wreck each other and I get collected. I have damage of 3 minutes and manage to get that all fixed while the yellow fest begins. Ended up getting destroyed on the last lap because surprise the two leaders wreck each other again. The car would have been somewhat drivable but a lap car decided to never lift and drive through the wreck and destroy me.

Thursday Open -NiS – Charlotte

Tony – P14 had a 56 green flag run in the beginning with even a green flag stop. After that all hell broke loose. Caution after caution. Got sent into the wall and killed my right front and just sucked after that
David – P19, didn’t have good short run speed, needed long runs. We are on a 50 lap run at end and i’m working to contend for top 5, caution with 10 to go from back marker. Then just keep loosing spots on 1 lap sprints, and get caught in two wrecks on last two gwc. I’m keeping every wreck video i’ve been in in the month of october and its up to 9 now. This is all i get to run and will miss next week as well due to travel for Power Lifting Nationals and a Symphony performance.

Official Series

Ring Meister

Mike- P3 spec racer Ford started third out of 27. And finish P3. I had nothing for the leader.

Catterham Academy

Mike – P3 qualify at 8 out of 23. at Summit point Raceway. Got the P4 by the end of lap one, ended up finishing P3. Great race.

The Catterham 420 R cup

Mike. At Snetterton. Qualify dead last out of nine. Finish P6. got what I deserved. I was slow compared to the people up front
- Qualify 16th out of 23 got the P10 by the end of lap one. Got as high as eighth, but finished P10. got what I deserved. I’m still one second off the fastest guy

BMW M2 cup at tsukuba

Ellis – P qualify 10th out of 11. Got wrecked out

Formula vee

Mike – P1 Qualified third out of 10 at Lime Rock Park go to the lead in turn one and never look back. winner, winner, chicken dinner.

League / Hosted Races

Hosted-

Ellis – P got a certificate for 2026 season three, Mount Washington outie 90 GTO time attack for third place. Pretty cool.

Final Thoughts

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October 2, 2026October 2, 2026

Episode 0552

10/1/2026 – Come Sit In My Rig – Episode 0552

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: We sit down with professional driver Stefy Bau, Track Day series dead already?, can AI paint you a livery and fix your graphics?, Buttkicker gone?, MOZA firmware coming, are Road America and Road Atlanta realistic?, Nim chimes in and do the iRacers down under deserve more?

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Topics

Five Changes Needed

New Vehicle Widgets

SimOS Update

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/simos-hub-racing-companion/id6756025064

Nim Chimes In

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/844345#Comment_844345

Smoke Is Impossible

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100528/the-new-smoke-particles-are-impossible/p1

Climb To 7k iRating

https://www.tiktok.com/@charles.wimbley/photo/7676559289615519006?_r=1&_t=ZT-9A3kBY55h2z&image_index=2

Dead All Ready?

Life Changing

Realistic?

More From Down Under

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100701/more-australian-tracks-pleaseeee

Planned Or Accident?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100672/creventic-has-been-a-joke-all-year

Contest Time

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100268/season-4-2026-contests

AI Livery

NASA Rallycross World Championship

Last week in the NASA Rallycross World Championship, we thought Evan MacFarlane had the upper hand on his competitors with a first place result in qualifying and his heat race – until the field converged at Feature Race time. Five drivers were within one tenth of a second in qualifying – and Kieran Liflander overcame that deficit to beat Evan off the line in the Feature and took the victory. Twenty five drivers attempted the event, and the top seven qualified for the feature in one of the most competitive NASA fields in recent history. We head to Hell next! A beautiful, natural terrain rallycross venue steeped in history – who comes out on top? Check out ASNtv’s LIVE coverage on Monday at 9pm EST from Norway – https://www.youtube.com/asntvusa

Great American 500

https://discord.com/channels/238867726335082506/238867726335082506/1549721684557307945

Bathurst 1000

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100630/2026-bathurst-1000-powered-by-next-level-racing/p1

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-september-29th-to-october-5th-2026

Podcast Housekeeping

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Hardware/Software

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AI Fixed My Graphics

Here is a summary of the video “Your iRacing Settings Are Wrong (And It’s Not Your

Qubic Systems???

SimCore 7.8 DDU

Buttkicker, Out Of Business?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100537/buttkicker-have-they-gone-out-of-business/p1

Conspit CHS Shifter

Conspit GT Vent Seat

Delta Sim-Tech-SC

Ascher Black Editions

MOZA Firmware Update Coming

SimLab DDS TorqueSync

Heusinkveld One-SC

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Kansas

Mike- P had a good race going with about 70 to go. Would just turn around on me and spin out, and I got back in the garbage and then got wrecked several times. DNF
Chris- P7
Brad- P wrecked out. Had a good start to the race only to be collected early on by a car that thought he was clear coming off turn 2. The SR slide continues.
Tom – P9

Sunday Open- NiS – Kansas

Tony – P8 been fighting a pretty nasty cold for the last few days so I didn’t feel like racing was in my best interest. But I needed to get a start in and this was it. The foggy weather in game mimicked how my head felt. Stayed out of trouble til about ½ way where fog started to lift in game and in my head where just charged to the front. Was 4th til final caution came out and lost a few spots on the last restart
Tom – P 12
Kyle – P15 Car 1 started P19 and just launched towards the front. First 3rd of the race was filled with cautions. Then a 40ish lap run came and I just picked off spots reaching 3rd until a a guy with fresher tires came up past me and then instantly lost it out of 4 and I had no where to go T-Boning him and having almost 3 minutes of damage. Got most fixed but wasn’t enough laps and ended with a P15. Definitely was a top 3 car. This will be my last race for about a month. Having to take the rig apart and clear out the house for a major home renovation.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Las Vegas

Mike- P17- had a good fast car. drove up through the field more than once, but near the end I spun on my own and just snapped loose and I can’t catch it and lose all my track position and then obviously can’t catch a caution when I need it. P 17
Justin- P wrecked out early
David – P18 Got right hooked going straight down the exit of a turn, guy was apologetic, Brad confirmed his culpability.
Brad- P7 What a mess of a race after the first caution. We opened up with a 60 plus lap green flag run. I overdrive at the start trying to get track position as I expected an early caution. That never came and had to pit under green and then we got the yellow. Would get the wave by but be collected on the next restart. Too many games being played on restarts. Would end up getting collected in David’s mess but would drive on to survive more ridiculous driving on the white flag to grab a top 10.

Thursday Open -NiS – Las Vegas

Tony – P29 had a fun car, stayed out of trouble til about 30ish to go when t boned a spinning car i couldn’t avoid, had a fast long run car
Stephen- P4
David – P19 good long run speed. On last run, two cars I was catching and on the move to pass outside, the one in front gets loose, the other moves into me either not aware or just reacting to the near spin. Car ruined.

Official Series

Ring Meister

Donnie S – P
Mike- P lotus 79. Start a 23rd out of 29. Got the P3 by the end of lap one. but that got an a pissing match on one of the heavy breaking areas and I overdid it trying to beat him wrecked us both
- then, switching to the spec racer Ford, started 16th out of 27. Got up to ninth in the first lap, but wrecked out hard on my own, killed the car
- started 14th out of 26. Got the P3 by the end of lap one, the top two were long gone, and there was no catching them at that point. Finished P3. nice podium.
- Then started ninth out of 28. Got wrecked out, heavy damage
- When started ninth out of 25. Add one off excursion, but the car was OK., went on to finish P4
- Started first out of 27. Hit the wall and got wheel damage, but the car was OK. Fell the fourth, recovered back to P2

Production car challenge by Simlab

Ellis – P7 at Monza in the Toyota GR 86. Start at 12th, got as high as third, but finished P7. Pretty clean race.

C Open

John K – P15. This was my first race in six months. It was a shakedown race for the new sim lab rig. Wanted to run one to figure out what adjustments i need make. Glad I did it; gave me an idea of height adjustments for seat, wheel deck, pedal deck and monitors. Will make those adjustments this weekend and get back to regular racing. And by the way, it felt so good to get back into a race.

F-4 Fixed.

Mike – at Canadian Tire. Qualified 17th out of 24. Got to pee 11 by the end of lap one. got a tie at ninth with about four to go. I got hit and knocked into the wall and then another car came by and finished me off.

Track day

Mike- okayama- radical SRA spun it off the curb right off the bat and got ran over and destroyed. 60 cars in this race. It’s crazy. Did a tow and then got a quick repair, went back out 29th, made my way forward to finish actually P11
- Second attempt, got to the lead but then wrecked out like a fool. did not finish
- Tried two more times and wrecked out two more times
- Then switch cars to the caterham. Started on pole, finish second after spinning like four or five times
- Next Ray Scott, pole position, and spun out in the middle of the race and wrecked
- Started first, got away on the first lap a little bit at a nice lead going, but some faster car couldn’t control himself and wiped me out completely DNF

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing

GTP/GT3 League – Fuji Sprint Race

Brad W – P10 after an adventurous race. One of my least favorite tracks as I have never figured out how to be quick through the last sector. I would get up to 13-14 but would self spin twice and get spun once. Not my best showing but the league is great.

Hosted-

Ellis – P Chris Maguire hosted. IndyCars at Daytona Oval, crashed out several times

Final Thoughts

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September 24, 2026September 30, 2026

Episode 0551

9/24/2026 – Lounging At The Expo – Episode 0551

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: We are back from the 2026 Sim Gaming Expo and ready to share our thoughts, an eNASCOURT update, a tremendous amount of hardware and The Simpit’s Shaun Cole joins the lounge to discuss the expo!

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Special Guest

The Simpit’s Shaun Cole

Topics

SGE 2026 Review

Did You Grab Your SGE26 Diecast?

https://sparkmodel.us/products/pre-order-porsche-991-gt3-r-sim-gaming-expo-1-43-scale?variant=49509670912238

Saturday’s Spinout App

https://app.saturdaysspinout.com

iRacing Track Day

A Permanent Nurburgring Time Attack?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/comment/843602#Comment_843602

ARCA All-Time Stats

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100385/arca-all-time-stats-up-to-2026-s3

Moving To Federal Court

Road America Rescan

Banned For Vulgar Language=YES

Trading Paint 2026 S3 Wrap Up

Do You Have Bad Habits?

More Rain=Mixed Responses

Petit LeMans

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100400/2026-petit-le-mans-powered-by-vco

Great American 500

https://discord.com/channels/238867726335082506/238867726335082506/1549721684557307945

Introducing NASA Rallycross Challenge

At the expo we met members of the ASNtv youtube channel. We asked them to send info and updates as the season rolls on. They about to start a new season.

The 35th NASA Rallycross Challenge begins Monday, Sept 28th at 8pm EST, starting with the lower split Contenders division, followed by the Supercars at 9pm EST.

Kevin Garcia won the championship in Contenders last season, and has been promoted to the top split – it is an open goal for the Championship.

Evan MacFarlane won his fifth Supercars championship last season, and wasn’t expected to enter in 2026B – but the entry blank was filed, and we wonder who will be able to topple the Californian kid.

Round One will be at Phoenix, with live coverage on ASNtv – https://www.youtube.com/asntvusa

This Week In iRacing

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-in-iracing-september-22nd-to-september-28th-2026

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Electronics Management Tray

30 Years Of Sim Racing

Sim Lab At The Expo

Sim Sport Gadget Delivers

Sim Craft

GSI Artemis

MOZA Motion #SOON

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Driven Dynamics

Unexpected

Formula Rig

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Wednesday Open -NiS – Kansas

Mike- P 4-was pretty quick through the first part of the race, got up to P2 at one point, but then got involved in a few incidents, even spun on my own a couple times near the end. Had some damage, got it repaired. There was a green white checker and I had new tires and they didn’t, and I came up through there to finish P4.
Chris – P6
David – P 6, moderate speed with good long run, got by some wrecks at the end
Brad- P wrecked out early again

Thursday Open -NiS – Kansas

Mike- P wrecked out. Had a good run going during the first green run I ran from 22nd up to as high as fourth, but I had slipped at one point back to ninth and a guy behind me just went straight into the back of me and drilled me and put me in the wall 5 1/2 minutes damage. I parked it.

Official Series

Ring Meister

Mike- P lotus 79 : qualified P10. Got the P4 by the end of lap one, then got to third and was battling for second on the white down the long straight side by side. He didn’t give me room and ran me off, and I wrecked hard. DNF.
- So then started 10th, work my way through the field up to second. He had about 2 to 3 second lead. I wasn’t catching him. He was fast. I was pushing really hard. Well, the pushing eventually brought him to make a mistake. I was able to take the lead. He wasn’t far behind me though, and we were side by side at the end, and I just break deeper than the rest of them, and I take it winner winner chicken dinner. Number 165

Production car challenge by Simlab

Ellis – P DNF at Monza. Toyota GR 86 started in the middle of a 40 car field, made it a few laps, but I eventually got wrecked out when somebody spun in front of me and I t-boned him. Dnf

Sprint Car

Mike– P3– at Southern National Motorsports Park started 15 after the first few cautions, I was up to fifth. I got the lead at some point and led some laps until I hit the wall by myself, damaged the car, fell eventually to finish P3. Feel like I gave up that win.

League / Hosted Races

Grass Roots Racing

GTP/GT3 League – Road Atlanta Endurance Race

Brad W – P11 Started deep in the field after spinning on lap 1 of qualifying. Managed to avoid some early mess and then just tried to settle in and take what I could. Long race and happy with a p11. Really fast guys in this league.

Creator Series -SGE 2026

Mike – The F4 in the rain at VIR – p8 – Started p5 got to p4 early but later in lap 1 got kinda ran off down to inside. Fell back to 9th made it back up to finish p8… So cool to be there and congratulate the winner brendensuperstar – he was so stoked he did a cartwheel…. We had to log in to our own iracing accounts and I could not figure out if my password had LL’s or 1’s… So i had to reset it, then none of the controls were mapped had to do all of that, and by then i had missed qually.
David – wheel wouldn’t work. Didn’t own the car. Miss the grid

Hosted-

Ellis – P7 carb cup at Charlotte started 12th, finished seventh. Great racing for 2 or 3 laps and then we’re single file and nobody passes nobody just like real NASCAR

Final Thoughts

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September 18, 2026September 18, 2026

Episode 0550

9/18/2026 – Sim Racing Heaven – Episode 0550

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On today’s show we come to you live from the 2026 Sim Gaming Expo in Chicago. Is iRacing anti-racing?, the legacy Grand National car is almost perfect, is the Caterham the best car on the service now?, more changes coming to weather and rookie to Petit LeMans in fourteen days?

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Topics

LIVE From The 2026

Really Ruined?

Is iRacing Anti-Racing?

2026 Season 4 Hotfix 1

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100023/2026-season-4-hotfix-1-release-notes-2026-09-11-01

Why No New F1 Car?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100198/newer-formula-1-cars-and-possible-f2

Any Chance Of A Madring Scan?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99860/madring

Rookie To Petit In 14 Days?

Almost Perfect

Here is a summary of the video “iRacing Grand National Car Review: The Old Arca Car, But Be

Caterhams

See It Is Realistic

Bad Luck

Fence Rider

Weather Regeneration Plan

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100222/2026-season-4-weather-regeneration-plan/p1

Sim Racing Expo eNASCAR Euro Showcase

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100223/the-sim-racing-expo-frankfurt-is-pleased-to-present-the-enascar-euro-showcase/p1

Alt-F4

Tire Smoke Is No Joke

Petit LeMans

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100400/2026-petit-le-mans-powered-by-vco

Britcar 24

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/100050/2026-britcar-24-presented-by-cosworth

Great American 500

https://discord.com/channels/238867726335082506/238867726335082506/1549721684557307945

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Immersion

Check Your Settings

Sensit Haptics MTC-P Extreme

Focus 160 Review

Bavarian Simtec Long Term Review

Ark Dynamics

Powered Seat

Mixed Reality

DNR Halo

Conspit Halo 270

EPLAB FC992 Dashboard

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Gateway

Mike- P. DNF. Involved in three different wrecks before lap 20 eventually ending with wheel damage and parking it out of frustration the first wreck I got door going down the straight away.
David – P destroyed, with 9 to been stuck in around 20th all race, no long rusn, on 12th restart three guys underneat get tangled and one of is sent on a journey acrose of the corners leading him to hit be flying back up the track at speed, he was not under control, just my luck though.
Tony -P13 stayed out of trouble but on the 2nd to last GWC was 5th when 3rd place spun went into the outside line and got black flagged for passing him on the inside which i had to serve on the last GWC
Brad- P wrecked out

Sunday Open- NiS – Gateway

David – P32, caution fest, but was having a late long run, snapped just loose enough to put myself in the wall, took no one else out and able to get out of the way and off the track with no yellow
Tony – P26 again staying out of trouble and had iracing disconnect on me with 38 to go while in 7th

Wednesday Open -NiS – Bristol

Mike- P wrecked out around 80 to go. Missed some wrecks at the beginning, didn’t pit until lap 60. That was a mistake. It put me back with the garbage, gotten several wrecks after that, ran around with six minutes damage for a long time, but eventually wrecked more and parked it
Justin- lost connection while leading
Chris – P6
David – P wrecked out
Brad- P Did not complete a lap

Thursday Open -NiS – Bristol

Tony – P6 Bristol is a blender and just like every other short track this year its 25 plus cautions. This one had 27. Tagged in a wreck early and just kept chipping away at my optional til 20 to go where there were only 8 cars on the lead lap. The new smoke model bit nice but also a pain in the ass because its gotten thicker and you cant see shit when coming around the corner

Official Series

Ring Meister

Mike- P the catarrham. Start at P2. Finished P2 I had two spinoffs on my own, and that really cost me the win. I was actually chasing down the leader, and when I went off the second time, but boy, what a fun car
- Start a sixth, quickly got to the lead, but then spun myself out into the wall and couldn’t get back on track. DNF
- Started sixth, quickly got to the lead, me and another guy pulled away, just me and him going up the hill in the kink side-by-side. He doesn’t give me any room and runs me off the track. We both wreck.DNF
- Top split started third, some heavy headers in here. Top four break away. We had great battle switching back-and-forth. I eventually spun on my own while in the lead, so DNF.
- Started on pole out of 29. We had three cars break away. from the rest, and it was a good battle trading first, second, and third, really clean racing. I could always outbreak them on the long straight, though, and so that’s what I did. We were side by side for the last lap there, and I took it winner, winner, chicken dinner, number 163. What a fantastic car, and to say I got a win in it in the second day of the car, I’m super proud

Sprint Car

Mike– at North Wilkesboro, qualified fifth out of 12. Finish P6 got about what I deserve. There were a couple cautions in the back, but clean race otherwise. The leaders were consistently 2/10 to lap faster. It was fun to rip the top
- Qualified 13th out of 26. There were a few cautions. The last one, there was a delayed caution, so I waited for the pace car. I was running like six. The other five kind of went ahead a little bit. Pace car came back out on the backstretch, didn’t do a lap, immediately came into the pitch, and I became the leader basically because everyone else got black flags, but I earned it. I was able to keep the lead for the rest of the race and winner, winner, chicken dinner! What a great car

Caterham 420 r. cup

Mike-qualify 24th out of 30 at oulton Park circuit. Got to 16th by the end of a chaotic lap one after getting doored on the grid, the guy on the left has turned right and plowed me up into the air. After that, I brought it home. P11

F-4 Fixed.

Mike – P at Okayama. Qualified seventh of 21. Got up to second, but got wrecked out actually
- Then started second out of 22. Wrecked out on the first lap on cold tires. I can’t get a handle on this car

League / Hosted Races

Hosted-

Ellis – week 13 sprint car at South Boston started fifth out of 13. . Of course they wrecked all out in front of me and turned one lap one had to go get a quick repair came back out and worked my way up to fourth before a lap car hit the wall as I was going around him and wiped me out. Karl felt good. I had to push both the brake and the throttle at the same time in the corners to be fast.
- Sprint car at IRP started 10 out of 21. Got up to nine they got wrecked out by the highest iron rating in the room 7000 trying to go through the inside and just push-up into me and kill me into the wall.
- Then started 12 out of 12. Add a clean race this time and move forward to finish P4 and the force feedback pretty strong and I’m worn out after 40 laps.
- I have to go 87 at Talladega got wrecked and turned one lap one
- Then ridiculousness at Bristol and the Cadillac GTP qualified third out of 17. And explain to me why we have eight minutes of qualifying for 213 second laps. massively wrecked out around lap five.
- Then BMW M2 at Willow Springs qualified fifth out of 10. Finish P3 great race.
- MX 5 cup at Oran Park. Qualified 14th out of 17. spot on cold tires by myself fell to the back worked my way back up to finish P 14. Hey Siri give me a 29 minute countdown timer.

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September 11, 2026September 11, 2026

Episode 0549

9/10/2026 – Blindfolded Ignorance – Episode 0549

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: 2026 Season 4 Release is live, how much has iRacing changed since 2008?, first impressions of Sim Labs DDS26, would a foldable rig save you space?, a new sim to reality story, what actions are ban worthy? and we are SEVEN DAYS AWAY FROM THE START OF THE SIM GAMING EXPO IN CHICAGO!

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Topics

2026 Season 3 Week 13

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https://www.iracing.com/meet-iracings-all-new-week-13-fun-series

10k + Awards?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99694/new-awards-for-irating-10k

New F2 Car

https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc5uvVbjSig/?stkn=MnZyaHV1cWJyZDh0

Jobless To Full-Time Sim Racer

Ban Worthy?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99686/d-0-00-should-carry-an-automatic-ban

Ran Out Of Talent

Summit Point Refresh

Mazda Re-freshed

Sprint Car – First Look

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99813/season-4-sprint-car-update

Gen 4 Grand Nationals

Mid Ohio Re-Built

Incident Limit Challenge

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-2026-season-3-week-13-schedule-released

Caterhams Have Arrived

This Again?

https://www.instagram.com/reels/Dc8kR7vttoT

Huge Crash

Mustang Mayhem

How Much Has It Changed?

Sim To Reality

So Much To Say

2026 Season 4 Release Notes

2026 Season 4 Preliminary Schedule

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99863/2026-season-4-preliminary-schedule-pdf

26 Sim Gaming Expo – One WEEK AWAY!

September 18 – 20, 2026

Suzuka 1000

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99629/2026-suzuka-1000-presented-by-pimax

Forever Rowdy 118

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99614/forever-rowdy-118-bundle-of-joy-charity-race

iRacing World Of Outlaws Returns

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-world-of-outlaws-pro-series-returns-for-2026-27-season-qualifying-kicks-off-september-21

Battle For Reece

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There Are Better Ways To Do It

Digital Tach

PXN 23 NM DD

Sim Lab’s DDS26 First Impressions

Sim Hub And VR

H.AO From Conspit

Insane Wheel?

Show Steeler

Phanteks EX-5

Foldable Rig

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Darlington

Mike- P wrecked out. Pretty fast car was getting up to the front running second and the guy behind me. Tried to shove it in coming out of turn four and basically dumped me and caused a huge wreck and my day was done lap 36.
David – P running p5 with 100 laps to go, iRacing software just closes
Tony -PGuy smashed the wall in front no where to go smashed the inside wall still rolled no caution fell to the back 2 laps later passing a car on the outside my car said nope we gonna hit the wall again 8 minutes optional got minute fixed and kept spinning in 3&4 called it a night
Steven – P11 had top 3 car all night to only get wrecked with 17 to go by a car on new tires 8 laps down. He bounced off the wall and into me while I was 4th

Sunday Open- NiS – Darlington

David – P4 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Tony – P4 o don’t know to be either pissed off or disappointed on this, how about both. Took the lead in the 2nd 3rd of the race and even had a successful green flag stop. Led 108 laps with a 14 second lead coming to the white out of 4 and damn caution comes out. While going into pit road was making adjustments which honestly I probably would’ve been fine without them, I passed the pace car entering and blackflagged myself. Mother fluffer. I should’ve known I was gonna do something totally stupid like that.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Gateway

Mike- P7- had a good run going put it under green and then the caution came out. Had to take a wave around. Still restarted P5 from then on I kept getting in wreck. I got into one where I got loose coming off four and then net coated with a guy outside of me nine minutes damage I soldiered to finish on the lead lap P7.
Tony –P no shifter. Couldn’t get the damn car going on pit road. Ended up finding i had a wire short in my fantec uni hub probably from me punching and slamming the wheel from the other day screwing myself out of a win
David – P13, somewhat of a shit show, on the last run a car got out of shape on the outside, this put me in the middle exiting corner as we caught in midcorner, i didn’t trust the car on the inside and had to back out to probably loose a top 10.

Thursday Open -NiS – Gateway

Tony – P24 self spun. Caution fest 1st half, had a guy wreck me out of corner. Got the damage fixed than had green flag stop with 40 to go and was getting around car and just spun it. Just about had it saved and got rammed and destroyed
David – P7 survived a lot of carnage including my own mistakes, was running a real aggressive brake bias, and under normal conditions it was fine, but a couple having to get on the breaks hard results in self spins.

Official Series

League / Hosted Races

Hosted-

Ellis – pick up cup at Phoenix start 13th out of 29 got a big wreck on lap one turn one had to go in for a quick repair went back out and finished P 10
- Sean Berry hosted street stock at Willow Springs international Raceway finish P4
- Pick up cup at Phoenix. Started at 11th finish P9.
- Five to go Daytona 87. Start an 18 out of 20. Finish P4.
- Ran it again started P3 took the lead early and kept it winner. Winner chicken dinner.
- Mini stock at USA international Speedway. Top split with a very heavy hitter qualified third out of 12. Finish P6.
- Storm chasers, Oulton Park BMW, M2 qualified 1st out of 27. In the rain. On the grid as everyone grid it up somebody said I hope you switched to your wet tires and I thought oh no I didn’t switch nothing So I pulled start pulling away. I get down to five laps to go. I have a huge gap of about eight seconds. I’m going by a lap car and the lap car wrecks as I’m going by him and takes me out. I checked the set up and sure enough I had dry tires on the whole time.
- Try again qualified fifth out of 20. Got up to run third for most of the race on the white spun out on my own crash the car on the way unbelievable. No rain in this race.

Final Thoughts

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September 4, 2026September 4, 2026

Episode 0548

9/3/2026 – Physics Island – Episode 0548

iRacers Lounge Podcast – Conversation Topics

Show Introduction

On today’s show: can you race big rigs in iRacing?, is VR finally good enough?, we are two weeks from the start of the Sim Gaming Expo, find out what product will transform your sim racing experience, is this the Simucube killer? and it’s week 12 so that means we have a development blog to discuss.

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Topics

Season 4 Development Blog

https://www.iracing.com/iracing-development-update-august-2026

Career Mode = All Content

https://traxion.gg/all-iracing-content-will-be-available-in-career-mode-at-zero-extra-cost

Caterhams Coming

No New Tracks?

Make Way For The New

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99564/2026-season-4-track-retirements-road-america-mid-ohio-milwaukee-september-9th-0800edt-1200utc

Scan Curse?

Poor Cones

Virtual Competitors

A Humble Thank You

Payment Issues?

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99664/venmo-payments-not-working

One Of These Does Not Belong

iRacing Arcade Big Rigs

Milwaukee Re-scan?

Is That Chastain Driving?

2026 Sim Gaming Expo – TWO WEEKS AWAY!

September 18 – 20, 2026

Suzuka 1000

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99629/2026-suzuka-1000-presented-by-pimax

Forever Rowdy 118

https://forums.iracing.com/discussion/99614/forever-rowdy-118-bundle-of-joy-charity-race

Southern 500

https://www.iracing.com/this-week-iracing-southern-500-special-event

This Week In iRacing

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4K Triple Settings

PXN GT And Formula Wheels

Finally Good Enough?

Track Time Series 1

Simucube Killer?

Asetek Shifter & Handbrake

Will This Transform Your Experience?

Phoenix By Cube Controls

SIMNET Sequential Shifter

SIMDT 7″ DDU

VRS V2 Pedals

Results

NASCAR iRacing Series

Friday Open – NiS – Daytona

Mike- p3. Had a good race ran upfront led some laps was the lead car on the outside lane on the first green white checker and I side draft too hard I got spun out came back up to restart seventh on the final Greenway checker and finish P3.
David – P11 – caught up in messes, but started ot learn with damage late in race to just stay in mid pack instead of fixing and going to the back. Finished in the draft with a few minutes damage.
Tony -P wreck out
Brad- P8 I go from practice session to the race session and I lose all force feedback. Jump out of game, come back in still nothing. So, it is what it is. First race back since July and I’m running Daytona with no FFB. I was happy that I did not kill anyone and glad to get a p8. I’ll take it.

Sunday Open- NiS – Daytona

David – P8. still alive at the end, a shake up right in front of us caused a split in the pack, was 2nd in the 2nd pack in p13, several in the lead pack never made it to the line, so jumped a few positions.
Greg -Pwrecked out by a guy that caused 3 more wrecks after me and finally disconnected

Sunday Fixed- NiS – Daytona

Mike- P1- winner winner, chicken dinner. Had a pretty good race stayed out of trouble stayed out front in the top. Five basically let some laps was leading near the end and on the final green white checker I was able to hold them off didn’t really have to block, but we will take it. Win number 160. i’ve won Daytona twice and Pocono once for three total wins this year in NIS.

Wednesday Open -NiS – Darlington

Mike- P wrecked down around halfway on my own running third just came off turn four and it went down to the inside and nailed the inside wall wouldn’t really drive after that so I parked it. Didn’t have the heart to finish.
David – P spin out before the green flag and damages the car. Got it fixed though, stucked it out, finished p8 2 laps down. The leader lapped the entire field

Thursday Open -NiS – Darlington

David – Pp wrecked 13. Was leading with 75 to go and one more green flag stop, had the best 60-70 lap speed. Of course paper causes caution. 2nd run i’m sitting right behind the leader saving fuel and tires, caution out with 30. 3rd run i get beat for 2nd, then start over driving cause i can’t go fast on short runs and overcorrect into wall ending race.

Official Series

Ring Meister

Mike- P1 Pontiac solstice started 12th out of 30. Got the third by just a few corners Inn and eventually took the lead battle with one guy we were door by door and hit and he kind of spun off and then I ran away from it with over it 11 second lead on the field and then fastest lap by over 2 1/2 seconds purple winner winner chicken dinner number 161

A Open

Brad W – P8 (Darlington) Started p5 and would hang in the top 10 all race. I was overdriving at the start and would burn my stuff off. It was looking like it would be a nice long run to the end after green flag stops but not to be. Ended up with another late yellow with about 30 laps or so to go. Ran too hard and fell as the ace was ending. I’ll take another p8 with zero incidents at Darlington almost any day.

F-4 Fixed.

Mike – P5 at Monza qualified ninth out of 20 got up to fifth ran into a guy took my nose cone off. Had to pit for repair came out like 14th and made my way back up to finish P5.
- Qualified six out of 20. Winner winner, chicken dinner.
- They qualified third out of 21 my best lap yet. Went off the track two or three times and then spun completely off. I’m not sure what I was doing so I quit.

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